HALIFAX – A massive and powerful storm was causing havoc across eastern Canada on Sunday, causing a multi-vehicle pileup that shut down a bridge linking two Maritime provinces.<\/p>\n
Environment Canada says the major winter storm blanketed New Brunswick with snow overnight Saturday and into Sunday and brought a mix of rain, freezing rain, ice pellets and snow to Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island.<\/p>\n
“We saw quite significant amounts of snow in eastern New Brunswick, anywhere from 41 centimetres in Bathurst to 31 centimetres in Moncton,” said meteorologist Jeremy March in Halifax on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Up to 35 centimetres of snow was expected across Newfoundland on Sunday, with winds gusting up to 130 kilometres an hour in some areas.<\/p>\n
March said the effects of the enormous storm were widespread, adding that at one point, its clouds stretched from Labrador to Bermuda \u2014 about 2,500 kilometres.<\/p>\n
“It was quite a massive system,” he said.<\/p>\n
The Confederation Bridge connecting New Brunswick and P.E.I. was closed on Sunday morning as the weather worsened.<\/p>\n
RCMP say deteriorating road conditions and near-zero visibility caused a pileup involving at least five vehicles on the P.E.I. side of the bridge, but no one was seriously injured.<\/p>\n
The Mounties said the Canso Causeway, which connects Cape Breton to mainland Nova Scotia, was closed after a tractor trailer flipped in high winds.<\/p>\n
Nova Scotia Power said about 4,800 customers were without power on Sunday morning. That number jumped to 7,800 later in the evening as the storm passed over Cape Breton.<\/p>\n
The Mounties in parts of Newfoundland were warning residents only to venture out in emergencies because of whiteout driving conditions.<\/p>\n
It was the latest in what has been a busy winter storm season for Canada’s East Coast, said March.<\/p>\n
“It’s been a very busy winter, much busier than the past three or four winters. Hopefully things start to slow down soon because we’re getting tired of it,” said March with a laugh.<\/p>\n
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